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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

 

Comparative analysis of working time in the European Union [16 November 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0803046s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn0803046s/tn0803046s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/tn0803046s/tn0803046s.pdf
[full-text, 59 pages]

The number of hours worked every week or year, and the way in which work is organised, are issues of central concern and interest to both employees and employers. In the case of employees, working hours have a direct bearing on standard of living, level of work–life balance and the overall sustainability of working life. For employers, working time is a key element in the calculation of costs, productivity and competitiveness. Working time, and its regulation, is likewise an important policy issue for national governments. This report, covering the 27 Member States of the EU and Norway, focuses on changes in working time and practices relating to the organisation of work over the period 2000-2006.

 

The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EWCO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.

 

CONTENTS

Introduction

Methodology and data

Working time developments in the EU 2000–2006

Part-time working

Working time flexibility

Trade union concerns regarding working time

Conclusions

References

Annexes

 

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